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Hi Pegginout,
Wow, 13 pounds since Christmas is a great accomplishment. If you keep it up you’ll get the rest of the weight off in no time.
I’m a compulsive over eater. Don’t think that’s quite the same thing as a binge eater, but they seem to be related. Unfortunately I don’t know of any “Magic bullet” for sticking with any diet plan. You just have to want to be thin more than wanting to eat goodies and keep your will power strong, at least that has been true with me.
Wishing you great success with your weight loss goal.
Bronx
Hi Peg,
Well done so far but some questions. You say you’ve done 4 fasts since Christmas but we are into April now. So you don’t do 5:2 regularly? Or you’ve tried several times and given up? Im not going to pretend to know what binge eating tries to cover up from a psychological viewpoint, I suppose only you can answer that.
You say you binge on sugary things. So Id get rid of all the sugary things out of the cupboard and fridge. I got rid of all that crappy food from our household. Even the kids stopped complaining after about a week. No chocolate, cake, biscuits, ice cream etc. It will take you about 4-6 weeks to detox from sugar. Your body is currently poorly adapted to burning fat, that will improve the longer you do 5:2. Wont be easy and only you can do it. No one is going to do it for you.
Good luck, 5:2 works if you give it a real honest try.
If you have a smart phone you may want to use the My Fitness Pal app or the free version of the Lose It app. Lose It was a great help to me when I was trying to lose weight. Keeping an accurate accounting of how many calories you’re eating on non fast days is, in my opinion, the best way to be successful and these apps make counting calories much easier than trying to calculate them on your own. Just a thought.
Bronx
Pegginout…sending you supportive cyberhugs!
I keep on reminding myself that I did NOT out on an excess extra-person-in-weight (and then some!!!)overnight! And it will not disappear overnight either!
I have just waved goodbye to being obese…and it took me a good few years!…I am now technically ‘overweight’ but for the first time in decades I can actually see that I WILL be in the ‘normal’ range one day!….I was over 22 stone at my heaviest (don’t ask how much over..I hated being weighed and chose not to look most times!) and am now under 12 1/2 stone…with a fuzzy-target of another 2 stone or so to lose….and I have done this whilst being unable to exercise and taking meds that include the cheering words ‘may cause weight gain’ in the side-effects (and for ‘may’ read ‘absolutely guaranteed to’!!!!)
5:2 works!…and believe me I tried pretty much everything else!
Have you looked at the new version of 5:2?…it allows a slightly larger calorie allowance of 800 on a fast day…and is based on a healthy Mediterranean Diet for non fasting days…it IS tough, but maybe a little tough love for your body will help you kick the sugar monster into touch?
Today is the first day of the rest of your life! Today is the day that YOU take control. You are back on 5:2…You have popped back on to a site full of lovely people to support you. Well done for getting back to it!
You CAN do this!
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